#either way either verison

[soy-s4uce]

AU where DW never told LP his secret identity after the Bulba fight. DW doesn’t get to adopt Gosalyn as early either. But he’s using his civilian identity again and trying to get his life back together as a ‘regular’ person so he can 👍👍

LP starts falling in love with Darkwing (which tbh, he def already had a crush but shh) but ALSO meets Drake, unaware that he’s Darkwing, and falls in love with him too.

MUWHAHAHA Self indulgence

[hheisa]

Hiya mate! Good day to you! Can you tell me more about your yuusona please? (I'd love to draw him. )

Thanks!

Idk if I consider my design of Yuu like my "yuusona"

I just make this design to represent Yuu in the game and draw comics with them while I play since I like to draw doodles while I play... I don't see myself in Yuu either xd (reason why my Yuu is nonbinary too)

But... Yeah, this verison of Yuu I made is a pretty serious one, almost always with a neutral expression (yk like saiki k if you know that character)

I imagine Yuu like a person who just helps others or make relationships with the other students because they're obligated to or thinks that in that way It suits them better for their comfort while they are in this strange world (they literally just wants to go home).

Probably the only character my version of Yuu ACTUALLY likes is Grim because Yuu sees him like a Lil brother they have to protect and also because he's cute. Yuu doesn't like the other characters that much or doesn't really care that much about them. Yuu thinks they are really annoying (brings problems) so they just talks with them becuase It is convenient.

[bloodwrittenletters]

STAINED HEARTS

pairing . . . percy jackson x fem!reader

the cassette playing . . . lovers rock! tv girl

the letter reads . . . where you and your half mermaid boyfriend have an underwater date.

warnings . . . none!

a/n . . . i'm working very hard to get my blog in order, currently working on the master list and more fics 😭😭 anyways, this was a lovely thing to make, and here is the 𖦹 Spanish verison

ONCE upon a time, there were so many kisses that every worry in this world could be washed away with soft lips.

"your lips are all stained," there was a soft whisper between the two of you before percy pressed another kiss into your mouth.

"does the color fit me?"

you laughed, trailing the outline of his smile with the pads of your fingertips.

"it's a cute color of pink, but maybe a more coral tone could bring out your eyes more."

percy was about to protest. how could you?! pink was an amazing color on him! especially after his third rewatch of the barbie movie; but you pressed a sweet kiss to his jawline, and he melted into your touch.

"do you think they're gonna find us soon?" you whispers into his ear, his fingers trailing shapes into your shoulder, going from eights to hearts, looking out of the bubble which he had created.

"nah, i don't think they will, unless jason decides to go for a swim... or reyna comes in and drag us out herself."

you snorted, curling a chunk of his hair between your fingers.

"it wasn't the best idea to sneak out when the romans came to visit," you whispered, leaving a trail of kisses into his neck, before stopping in his pulse point. "it wasn't very nice of them to get in the way of our date, either."

"jay will understand," he snickers. "barbie and the little mermaid in one night? i wouldn't miss that for no reason at all, plus it's peaceful in here."

percy extended one of his arms to pass through the bubble and pull in a seashell.

"this is almost as pretty as you," he presses his lips against your temple.

silence passed between the two of you, nothing more to say, nothing to fill the silence as he dropped the sea shell into the middle of your chest, raising and falling along your breathing.

"do you want to make out?"

"yeah."

once upon a time, there was a couple in the depths of a dark lake enjoying being completely and helplessly in love.

[dairy-farmer]

I hope I'm not bothering you, I'm the anon who recc'ed that fic about Damian managing to kill Tim, but since I know you like multi verse stuff, how do you think a canon bat clan ending up in an alternate world where Tim died by Damian's hand would go?

Dick's heartbreak, torn between defending Damian from everyone who views him as a monster instead of the traumatized kid he is and wanting to have a break down over the way his counterpart clings to his Tim. The uncomfortable shift of their Damian and Tim, who, depending on what you want, who either still have a strained relationship with semi-frequent murder (but growing more and more half hearted as time goes on) or a Damian and Tim who have reconciled, something tense between them. Bruce, who can't speak, can't breath at the idea of loosing his Tim, his rock, his anchor, his baby, Tim to his youngest son Damian, who he loves deeply regardless of how he struggles to show it.

Or maybe a world where Jason killed Tim and never came back into the fold, having killed a child. Even if Batman wanted to welcome him back, the hero community kept him locked up tight- after all. Hero killers rarely walk free, never free from their sins, particularly when it's a child killed. Guilt haunts this verison of Jason. Oh, for a long time Jason didn't care but civilians never stopped treating him like he was a true super villian like the Joker or Black Mask. Child are taught to fear him and run and hide from him. After all, if he could break Robin, torture a child to death with all Robin's training, what chance did a normal child did? And with Batman retired for good, and Nightwing on the warpath, Jason can barely walk down the street after any escape attempts before superman drags him back to the meta containment facility.

When canon Jason meets this broken man/child, he shivers in fear. Knowing if he had slit Tim's throat a little deeper, or if help can taken a little long to arrive this could have been him.

And Tim, imagine how it affects him seeing how deeply he's missed by his family. How loved he is. How deeply his death breaks his family. The angst is so good!! <3

i love this so much!!!!!!!!!!! 😍😍😍!! and of course it isn't a bother!!!!

the bats encountering a universe where tim DID end up dying as a result of damian or jason's attempts on his life would for sure be a very uncomfortable experience all around. them finding out tim was dead would automatically trigger their defense response.

watching as a...washed out looking dick grayson shakily cups tim's face while looking like he's on the verge of tears. the moment they land in this alternate universe they know something is up. dick is wearing the suit. that immediatly sets off red flags because bruce's stint through time is fresh in their memories. but maybe the universe is just...behind. their key events are slightly off in timing or maybe the loss of bruce in their universe is permanent. but then they arrive to the cave and are greeted by a grim faced bruce.

and they find out bruce is retired, that he doesn't go out as batman anymore that he's...given up the mantle permanently to dick. and dick sees that and feels a pit form in his stomach at the thought of being batman full time forever.

and they know something's wrong, deeply wrong they can tell from the way batman-dick had hesitated at the sight of them and brokenly called out "tim?".

it's uncomfortable for everyone to see a near tears dick grayson, to see how he's fussing over tim and clearly desperatly trying to keep himself together. bruce too. bruce isn't even hiding his staring and there's such a deep and complex expression of grief on his face and clearly they've entered a universe that has had a bit of a bad break.

they figure out tim is dead pretty quickly without even having to ask.

they suspect it from the initial meeting but its confirmed when they see tim's suit in its own case in the cave.

generally bats aren't comfortable with alternate universe versions of themselves running around so batman-dick is planning on helping them find a way home once he gathers himself up a bit more.

so they realize and sadly acknowledge tim has died. all signs point to it. and they think of the rogues, of the cults, villains, and maniacs that might be responsible for it and stand a little closer to tim.

but then dick and bruce's sharp eyes shoot to damian when he moves.

it takes a little longer to pick up on the hostility. dick hides his dislike for others well but they know him well and see the way his expression strains when he has to speak to damian, the way he looks at damian, the way he tenses when damian gets close to tim.

they know the bruce of this universe sees it and they watch his reaction how he looks pained and resigned and how he..says nothing.

the longer they're there the more agitated batman-dick grows. hostile, sometimes even snapping at damian for the smallest infractions.

they see how damian is uncomfortable, how he quickly hides his hurt at being treated like this by any version of dick grayson.

but dick is then sweet to tim, gentle, like he's made of glass and clearly so protective of him, trying to edge him away from damian and keep him beside him.

and their dick of course defends damian, gets into more than one biting argument with batman-dick over his hostility and snapping. and...it gets ugly.

and...they knew something was wrong. that something had happened to this universe's tim and that damian had something to do with it. but it gets confirmed when batman-dick suddenly snaps, immeasurably furious at their dick and starts yelling. starts accusing him of his blindness and naivety, that he was like him once, thinking he could help damian, that he could fix him. he made the mistake of being kind to damian wayne, taking him into their home, giving him robin and how did that beat repay him?? by killing his only brother.

and batman's rage suddenly slips away like it was a mask barely clinging to his face and suddenly his grief strick and angry bitter tears are streaming down his face. and he turns to tim, beseeching and desperate with his arms reaching out like a child does to their parent with a cry of "tim!". and tim is not heartless, he sees his sobbing brother reaching out for him and obviously opens his arms, lets a sobbing dick grayson cling to him as he lets out chest trembling sobs. his arms cling to him and tim wraps his arms around dick's shoulders, one hand immediatly strong the back of his hair and brushing his dark curls while shushing him in a low voice telling him its alright, its okay, you're okay.

and tim's dick who'd just been in batman-dick's face is frozen, his face looks like he's just swallowed something that is crawling around in his stomach. he looks unsure, like he wants to say more to defend damian but then hesitating and glancing at tim unsurely.

even when they're back home they can't shake what they witnessed. damian and tim had never truly gotten close. sometimes there were days they were both in good moods and joked together but more often if either of them had a bad day they took it out on the other and it did very little to foster good will between them.

damian is shaken. he learns that the damian of that universe had succeeded in killing his timothy drake and the result is...not what he expected. he is a pariah in that universe. the pennyworth of that universe implied that damian had an apartment in gotham he lived alone in that he and father visited him at weekly to spend time with and also deliver food and pennyworth had said it like it was a natural normal thing. but the thought filled damian with such a deep dread that he walked on eggshells even days after their return. damian had never stopped to consider what killing timothy drake would entail. in the league it would be glory and inheritance of his titles, land, possessions, and wife.

in that universe...where he suceeded. all it brought him was disdain. the reluctant love of a father who could hardly even bare to look at damian for long before glancing away. the burning hatred of his brother.

and damian tried to hold back the pained choke at recalling those dark eyes locked on him with sheer disgust and anger every time he opened his mouth.

damian tries to put it out of his mind. tries to pretend like he's not avoiding drake and subtly avoiding being alone with him. he doesn't know why he feels so guarded like he might be caught doing something wrong. because he hasn't done anything wrong. damian hasn't killed drake and yet...

he feels eyes on him whenever he and timothy are together. father has ceased shuffling patrol and now damian patrols with either him, grayson, or todd. but not timothy.

damian feels the sting of hurt at the suspicion, at the "precautions" father has begun taking. he feels like he's been found guilty of a crime he never committed and yet...hadn't he tried?

if things were a little differently. if timothy were a fraction slower, the wind slightly harder, damian a little faster...

that could've been him.

[quacktities]

I feel like the appeal of C! Quackbur (to me at least) is just how versatile it is as a ship and the range it has.

You want a subtle rivals to lovers, mutual pinning and longing but one of them is repressing his own feelings because he hates himself too much to let someone get attached to him ship dynamic with a political backdrop? You want longing gazes, knowing looks and the unspoken truth that, maybe, just maybe this relationship and understanding between them goes deeper than either of them let on or want to admit? BOOM. Lmanburg election arc Quackbur!

You want all of that but with more tension, high stakes, mental illness, a very "forbidden romance" vibe with an enemies that have been in love with eachother for a long time but can now finally be on the same side and possibly act on their feelings dynamic (but theyre doomed by the narrative so it was never going to work out. Or maybe it will, who knows. Maybe this time they find solace in eachother. Maybe this time Quackity stops him before its too late. Maybe this time it doesnt end in flames. Who knows. Its up to you really, if you keep telling the story over and over again, maybe this time they get their happy ending here and it doesnt have to be a tragedy. Your choice really). Pogtopia era C! Quackbur!

You want fucked up grief and angst and reminiscing on the past and being haunted by what could have been? You want seeing the spectre of your dead friend (if he was truly your old enemy, why does he feel like a past lover to you) and wondering if maybe he remembers everything you both went through the same way you do and if maybe his heart aches when he sees you the same way yours aches when you see him but you know he isn't the same and you'll never see the old verison of him ever again... but hes here... as a ghost.. and that has to be worth something right. (Is it a miracle you can still see him or are you forever being tormented by what you can never have?). BOOM, Butcher arc C! Quackity and Ghostbur (or Aftermath C! Quackbur as I call them)

You want all of that, but hey. What if we brought back the guy. What if it didn't have to end in death? What if they could reunite and speak again after everything? Would they even get along? You want the culmination of years of pinning, grief, hurt, and mutual obsession? Do they truly love each other, or have they fallen in love with the idealised verisons of each other they have in their own heads? Maybe this time, they'll actually get their shit together and talk. There really isn't anything stopping them now, other than themselves and each other. Maybe C! Quackity finally finds someone who respects him, is dedicated to him, and can engage with him on the same intellectual level in C! Wilbur. Maybe C! Wilbur finally finds someone who makes him feel human and can challenge him and his more self-destructive behaviours while still loving him in C! Quackity. Maybe this time, they get to understand each other, and they get to heal. Maybe this time, it's not too late, and sure, they dont have the healthiest relationship, but they're working on it, and they're okay for once. Just this once. Maybe. Or maybe you don't want that. Maybe it is too late for them. Maybe they'll never have what they once had, and they're both left with bitter hatred and longing for the past that grows weaker by the day as the rose tinted filter starts to fade. Maybe they make each other worse. Maybe the closest they ever get to being close to each other is by hurting each other. Maybe the only times they hold hands are when they're catching each other's bloody fists. Maybe they're both too far gone now. Maybe they've hurt each other too much to ever be vulnerable with each other. Maybe it's just too late for them. Maybe it was never meant to be. You want a joker card ship dynamic that can either end in healing and a happy ending or in an even more fucked up tragedy? Or both! Why not. BOOM. Post revival C! Quackbur

[cowchickenbeefpork]

The fact gotham didn't acknowledge how Isabella is not a good influence to Edward as a person and instead portrayed her as his savior infuriates me to no end because if they didn't then the parallels to this arc and Kristen's death arc would've shined so much stronger...

Like. If they did that then both Ed and Oswald have killed a abuser to try to get with the abuse victim, both use their place of power to try to maniuplate them into a relationship ( whenther subconicously or not, I don't think either was evil plotting here but continously harassing your coworker at work when she's told you not to and trying to get with your employee who lives with you are misusing power I'm sorry) AND EVEN DOWN TO KEEPING A PART OF THEM WITH YOU AS A REMINDER TO NOT FUCKING DO IT AGAIN OH MY GOD WOULD THE ARC BE BETTER IF THEY JUST COMITTED TO THIS. ED KEPT A PAIR OF KRISTENS GLASSES AND OSWALD KEPT ED FROZEN BOTH AS A REMINDER TO NEVER LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN. WHY DID THEY NOT COMMIT TO THIS FULLY????

I'm sorry I just think it's fucking intresting as a concept that due to Edward trying again and again to escape responsibility and for what he did to Kristen and seeing her as a person not a fucking teaching moment landing him in a twisted verison of what he did to her is so fucking intresting. I do not get the writers fixation on making Isabella be good for him. It should've been by him trying to find any way to avoid facing what he did, even going so far to try to recreate what he built with Kristen causing him to get similar treatment to what he did to her IT MAKES ME SO PISSED IM GOING TO EAT CARDBOARD FROM THIS MANNN

[westwindy1]

I resent the idea that Hiccup's booksmart.

I’m mostly speaking towards the way people treated Hiccup post the release of the first movie when I say this, however I don’t think Hiccup is anywheres near a conventional genius- or a traditional nerd as the way television portrays it- in the sense that he's great at listing off off stats and is a genius at math and gets 'A's all the time. Not for most of everything we see from him in the franchise.

I don't think he could list off and complete complex calculations in his head off the bat, either.

Things don't come to him immediately, he jots down a copy of toothless' tail fin but doesn't know straight off the bat how to make a verison of Toothless' tail that works, he has to work at his designs it and go through tons of prototypes. He's not a fantastic artist, his sketches are solid but they're messy, a bit 'off', stiff, not great, though everything is translated into cartoon terms if we look at what he draws versus the other things we see in the series his stuff is completely different to how we see other sketches made by other characters in the httyd franchise (like the book of dragons, fishlegs' dragon cards, comparatively he's alright). He's not practiced in things like drawing life and etc and I frankly can't imagine that he'd care too much about improving his skills beyond what he needs to document dragons and scribble down inventions. He can draw something decent if that's what's needed to get things done. I think he gets better as he gets older, though my point still stands.

He's not necessarily a mathematician, even though to make his inventions he has to do a lot of math- he's an inventor working with what he has. His focus is more on the product he's making- that's what all his labor and love goes into, and he's probably not that great at math at all given how many times things blow up in his face- he's average, I think, though his propensity to work at things relentlessly means that he's a lot better than everyone else at it.

He's a genius in the sense that he has some crazy useful ideas but not a genius in the sense that 'he totally has the pieces all down pat.' He has to learn, to figure things out- all of his skills are built. He's innovative, moreso than anyone else on Berk.

Hiccup is really good at taking the initiative, he's a hard worker and he's stubborn. That's why he's able to achieve more. Those are the qualities that allow him to shoot down and make friends with Toothless, that make him a decent mechanic and a phenomenal Viking as a physically average guy in a world full of crazy musclemen.

His talent is putting things together. Half the joy of being able to watch him is being able to experience his process.

Hiccup in any ways being bookish and shy in the most traditional sense is a genuine disservice to that, especially when we already have Fishlegs.

[addisonstars]

"and im going to keep on loving you"

@jegulus-microfic // day 31: lock // 465 words

very very lightly implied nsfw content? blink and you'll miss it

“Well love, this is it.” James says as he walks into their first house. Their house. Our house, James likes the sound of that. “Our house.” 

Regulus walks through the front door taking in the beige walls and ugly couch and is already envisioning how to bring the space to life and make it not just a house, but a home. “Excitement isn't even the right word to describe what I’m feeling right now. I am so much more than just excited.” 

“Me too Reg.” James looks around the house once again, really taking in the space that is theirs now. “It needs a bit of work, but I’m ready.” 

Smiling, Regulus sits down on the crusty couch and orders some food for a little ‘celebratory night.’ “Nothing fancy, but I did manage to snag some champagne.” He says, holding up the bottle he stashed in his tote bag. 

“Perfect.” James leans in to kiss Regulus, but Regulus pulls away. 

“Not so fast love,” he wags his finger at James, “the food will be here in less than 20 minutes, and do you not remember what happened last time we got carried away when we ordered food?” 

“But-” 

“No buts.” 

James nods, albeit a bit disappointed. “Well, at least I can kiss you wherever I want now. No more hiding in bedrooms because Sirius didn’t want to see us.” They both laugh, because they do remember the many nights that James and Regulus would kiss domestically in the kitchen or living room, and Sirius would audibly gag. 

“And, we don’t have to lock our bedroom door at night either.” Regulus smirks. 

“I like the way you think Reggie.” 

Their food comes shortly after, and they pop open the bottle of champagne. Regulus gives James a green light, and James can’t take his hands off of Regulus. It feels a little gross doing it on the dirty couch, so they take it up to the bedroom, where they don’t lock the doors. 

/ / /

Years and years and years later, people would talk about the couple who lived down the street, who were so clearly in love. People would watch the two men adopt a daughter, and foster more than one cat.

People would catch them dancing and kissing and laughing in the rain, and then reading and laying next to each other in the sun. And if you were inside, you could see them baking in the kitchen and having dance parties in their living room to old 70's and 80's music.

They would hear screams of joy when they had their friends over. They also hear the long phone calls at night when one of the two had to be away for work.

But whatever it was people saw and heard, they could feel the love.

well, this is it folks, the end of this little vingette series! i had a lot of fun growing thier realtionship, and kinda watching my verison of them come to life <3 until next time lovlies!!

[ravelqueen]

Hello! I'm the anon who sent the last Dom!Kim ask (about the Pale) I'm glad you like it!!! I have, like, SO many thoughts on Dom!Kim (especially specifically your Dom Kim!)

So, I hope you don't mind if I share some!

I'm actually curious about who this au of Kim would defer, besides just mentally, from canon Kim. Like in canon Kim doesn't make that many decisions himself, and pushes you/Harry to do the talking/make the decision. Even when Harry makes a bad decision, Kim doesn't step in, and really only give his insights if you ask him about it.

I'm reminded of the scene where you can choose to go into the apartment that Mr Evrart gives you, and Kim lists both the pros and cons of doing either, before stating that it's ultimately your (Harry's) decision.

This actually led me to get a sub read on Kim (I didn't get the authority check because I thought asking Kim to give me a secret would be too personal/mean). Like, I kinda envisioned Kim as someone who needed/wanted someone to lead him and make the decisions (because Dom used to do that for him, and he feels so lost without him?).

But! That's not to say I don't vibe with your Dom!Kim headcanon/au, like, I can have multiple/contradictory thoughts about a character. I just wanted to share my thoughts on how I see Kim as someone who doesn't really make decisions.

Which could be taken in a sub way, or, following your au, maybe Kim is so hyper critical of how he acts in a controlling matter that he's trying to course correct. So he keeps saying that it's ultimately Harry's decision, and letting him take the led, as a way to combat his controlling Dom thoughts.

Also, I do wonder how a play through would go down if Harry was able to pick up Kim having this internal thoughts (probably through an Empathy, Inland Empire, Esprit De Corps build), and being like "actually, I would like Kim to make all my decisions for me" (Harry would probably need to have pretty low Authority and Physical Instrument, lol)

And because he's, well, Harry, he would absolutely be like "hey Kim, you know how you want to control my actions, why don't we do that? I'm kind of a mess here, and could use the help".

Though I still bet Kim would be like Absolutely Not, purely because out of principle (even though he really wants to), and because he doesn't actually know how much Harry is aware of BDSM, the life style, or if he's just asking because he's so much of a wreck and that he trusts Kim. Though I do think it's funny if the skills try to like, help you convince Kim you can be a good sub by telling Harry if Kim is displeased by a choice (like Visual Calculus, Empathy, and maybe Conceptualization and Inland Empire could help).

Though I do wonder how this version of Kim (with a Harry who seems to make it one of his goals to get Kim to Dom him/accept him as a sub) would react to Jean.

Like, Kim in the original game didn't seem to have much of an opinion on Jean. Maybe some respect for being a fellow cop, maybe some hostility for not being there during the shot out. But in this au/verison of this au, maybe Kim gets a little pissed off at Jean for scolding Harry at the end of the game?

Because at this point, maybe Kim has begun to dom Harry a little bit (justifying to himself that he's only doing it to further move along the case), and having someone else scold Harry gets his dom brain going because only *he* is allowed to scold Harry. He's the one whose supposed to publish Harry if he messes up, who does Jean think he is? Abandoning Harry and then coming back to scold him? That's not how this works!

Anyway, I also have a drabble idea after Kim and Harry find Harry's crashed Kineema, and Harry feeling guilty about it, and asking for a punishment from Kim, and this being the moment Kim steps more into the dom role. But! This ask is already getting WAY too long! So I'll just stop now, lol. Anyway, I would love to hear more of your thoughts!

(For anyone joining us/organizational purposes: OG Dom!Kim post and the first ask)

My dear lovely anon: I adore talking about ideas that's why i throw them into the world in the faint hope I get to talk about the more so you really made my day here! <3

(also never apologize for multiple headcanons/interpretations I think that's honestly the beauty of fandom that all characters exist in this sort of schrödinger's cat/multiverse sphere where as long as it's consistent with characterization it's valid)

And yes! In my mind the constant checking in and deferrals are basically two-fold: One Kim has a very dear love of Order and Structure and Rules Governing Interaction, especially in a professional setting - in this case Harry, no matter what, is the lead on this case and therefore gets to make the decision.

Second in this sort of AU version of him where he struggles with his urges, he'd be extra conscientious about not infringing on someone's agency in a way he's not been invited to. That's what the Structure is for: an outside hierarchy imposed on him, so he's not feeling resentful of someone aside from him exercising authority.

And normally that's not a problem for him, but Harry, because of his absolute level of fuck-up (and being pretty much his type overall) is crossing all his wires and fucking up his Very Carefully Created Systems, so he's like EXTRA deliberate in letting Harry call the shots in a way he probably wouldn't normally, course-correct as you say

Therefore he would probably absolute fucking FREAK OUT if Harry would be like "the city told me, you'd like to make decisions for me", because he'd be like FUCK I'VE TRIED SO HARD TO NOT BE OBVIOUS WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH ME and like double-down on fully suppressing any indication of his thoughts (making them perversely worse probably).

Not necessarily because of a SSC reason/Harry's amnesia and therefore unclear relationship to the scene (bc fucked up version of Kim here, he'd probably get a weird thrill out of being able to be the only one to show him/teach him about this) and more because the loss of control implied by being able to be read so easily by someone who - let's be clear here - is dealing with a lot of stuff and therefore should not be able to pick up Kim's internal struggle.

Jeaaaann oh Jean yes what an interesting thought.

Ok so Jean and Kim even in game have an interesting dynamic imo even though it is so heavily impacted by player choice, because no matter what you've done if Kim is there he defends Harry.

But he defends Harry in this really interesting way, because (at least in Good Cop runs) it's almost a conversation at cross-purpose, because they clearly aren't even talking about the same person.

That conversation to me reads weirdly aimless and strange, because Jean is talking to Kim about Harry the way he's clearly used to talking about him to people that also know him well - as commiseration.

Very "have a load of this guy" and "the things we have to deal with". Not getting into whether that's fair or not (I already know fandom is very divided on that point lol), it is very clear that this is almost rote to him and what is also rote is the way the other side responds: with equal levels of annoyance and pain and trash-talking.

Kim breaks this script.

To Jean, Kim is also someone who spent an extended amount of time with Harry so he expects the other side of his rote conversation to happen the way it always does, but Kim - someone he clearly respects both as an officer as well as his intellect and character - keeps refusing to engage, simply because he doesn't seem to have met the same Harry and that fully throws him for a loop.

In that entire conversation he keeps backtracking, apologizing, amending his aggressiveness at the slightest push-back from Kim.

So I think (to finally come back to your question sorry) that yes Kim absolutely would be annoyed - (idt that during the course of the actual investigation he'd ever let himself indulge in much, but he's certainly started smaller behaviour when it doesn't seem to concern the case - make Harry sleep, eat, dress warmly etc., so there is that kind of possessiveness about him for sure.) even angry at Jean for just coming in and sort of staking a claim on which behaviours Harry should even be scolded for.

But i don't think he'd lash out or anything, because really this is about control - both of the situation and of Harry's responses. And just by responding naturally - by pointing out how well Harry had solved the comprehensive, complicated mystery, how he had taken care of himself, how he'd comported himself quite well, how he'd been kind and capable - he's not just taking control of the conversation, keeping Jean always on the back-foot, deprived of his trusty protocol, but also control of Harry.

Because when at first his attention was fixed on this person who he only somewhat remembers and his (justified?) anger, simply by saying the truth, Kim manages to get him to focus on him, to accept his version of reality, of himself and his character - despite the fact that realistically, Jean's version of himself is probably more correct (simply by virtue of him actually knowing him).

Harry wants to believe that this person Kim is talking about is who he really is and to have someone who he respects say these things he desperately wants to be true, they start to become reality.

And isn't that the ultimate rush for Kim, a dopamine push the likes he's never experienced - to not just have someone accept his rules and judgement and decisions, but to have them accept his reality over their own.

[starkeyletters]

•̩̩͙⁺𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 P1

N.P.S.O.M Masterlist | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Warnings - 18+, Mature theme, Drug & substance use, Violence, smut, mental illnesses, crime, cheating, toxic relationships, etc.

Wordcount - 2,5k+

Pairing - 𝑅𝐴𝐹𝐸 𝐶𝐴𝑀𝐸𝑅𝑂𝑁 x 𝙁𝙀𝙈 𝙊𝘾 [Reader] | 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 [ 𝑎𝑢 ]

Summary - Exs. Should stay exs. But when the pair cant seem to get off eachothers minds, things happen, mistakes are made. Its not like they changed, they were New people, making the same old mistakes.

A/n - Another start to a story, I hope you like this one. I have this story already fully planned, most chapters to come will be the next one for this.

“You said he wouldn't be here.”

You looked into the mirror that stood in the corner of Sarah’s bedroom, Your hands ran over your hips. Looking at the black mini dress you were in, You admired the way the dress hugged your body in all of the right places. 

“I only said that so you’d come,” Sarah glanced towards you, “And don't say you would've. I know you wouldn't have.” You didn't move, Its not like you wanted to do this, Especially after finding out Rafe was home and was in doubt going to attend the party. It was literally in his house, and he was not one to turn down a party.

It wasn't usual for you to run into Rafe, Which made avoiding him a whole lot easier. You missed him, alot. The two of you didn't end on the worst of terms, yet it was still bad. The relationship just was not working. Things went sideways, after he became distant, argumentative, and manipulative. So you thought it would've been for the best if the both of you stopped seeing each other.

Of course, breaking up with him was not easy. In your books, if someone isn't happy in a relationship, they arent going to stay in it. Apparently his books were different. 

What you didn't know was how bad the breakup had affected rafe. Whenever you saw him, he was either with some blonde girl, or acting like you never even existed. 

You were his first Real love. And he was yours, your first ever boyfriend too. 

The sleepless nights, when he felt alone disappeared when he was with you. When you left, that's all he could feel, those sleepless nights became sleepless again, it's like he lived off melatonin. He only trusted you, you were the only one who really knew him.

Having no one to run to, caused him to fall back into bad habits.

He was finally clean,

He was doing better,

Until the breakup

. He ended up re-lapsing. Finding himself in the place he tried fought so hard to get out of. He killed the good verison he created, by feeling as the only option left was to turn back to feeling nothing at all in unhealthy ways. Drugs. Hookups. You name it.

He blamed everything on himself, spending days in his room. Nothing could make him feel better, He didnt even feel at home, in his home. You were his home, his everything.

Now you were gone.

You and Rafe had one of the messiest histories you've ever had with another individual, from hookups, to enemies, back to hookups, friends with benefits, dating.The two of you dated for just over 6 months. The ups and downs in that relationship was a number for the books, that's for sure.

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You could hear footsteps leading up to Sarah's door at a very fast pace, you were too focused on trying to pull your zipper up fully on the back of your dress to stop and look at who appeared in the doorway. Sarah also took no interest in seeing who it was either, focusing on trying to clasp her necklace together. You could speak for the both of you when you 

“Sarah.” You heard that one familiar voice whisper-yell for his sister, that voice you could pick up anywhere. Even in a crowd of screaming people. You watched as Sarah rolled her eyes and the necklace was being  thrown to the floor somewhere, she sighed and turned towards Rafe.  your whole stomach felt as if it dropped once you heard his voice. Almost like the world stopped spinning. Like time was frozen. As if you were stuck in a recurring nightmare with no escape. 

Except you knew he wasn't there for you, he asked for Sarah. If he was these for you, he would have asked for you, right? Plus, Rafe didn't even know you were these up until that moment, and that is if he even took time to acknowledge the fact you were.             

“What do you want?” You heard Sarah snap towards the boy, you couldn't help but to look to see as to what was going on between them. Rafes hands flew in the air, moving in all sorts of directions. Oh boy, did that break your heart. To see that boy in such a state. He looked different, his hair was longer, it looked good. But him himself, not so much. His face looked different, his eyes. They showed nothing, That was not the Rafe you knew - not the Rafe you had loved.

“I- i uh-” He paced back and forth in the doorway of Sarah's room, You could tell he was on something, the state of distress he was in genuinely scared the crap out of you. You never could tell his next move when he acted that way. 

“I need- 30? Yeah- 30 dollars?” He paused, Looking up at sarah, she scoffed at his asking, her hands finding a place on her hips. You watched the way she attempted to shut him out of her bedroom with the door, But he just pushed it back open. “Bye!” Sarah sarcastically waved him off, but he was much stronger than sarah, holding the door back open.

“Please sarah! Jesus- i need it ok?” he went on, his voice sounded of desperation and fear. It cracking in between each word. You could tell whatever he needed that money for was either so important - one out of two situations is always the case for Rafe, like if he had a drug dealer he didn't pay so he had to get the money or whatever the guy is threatening him with will happen, Or he ran out of drugs and needed to buy more.

“Well maybe you should've thought about that before you acted like a complete jackass and spent all of the generator money on a stupid bike!” Sarah yelled, you really thought about just leaving for a split second. Until you heard sarahs bedroom door slam and she walked back to pick up her necklace. Rafe was gone.

“I have no clue how you dated my brother,” She began to go on, and on, about everything Rafe flawed. WHile trying to find her necklace. Reality is, you didn't want to listen to a word she was saying, “it wasn't that bad.” you cooed, You couldn't bare to listen to anymore of someone talk about a relationship they have no business in. Whether Sarah's your best friend or not, she has no right of saying the things that came out of her mouth.

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The moment your foot hit the last step is when you finally felt the adrenaline start to pump throughout your entire body. The music blasting loud enough to be heard from three streets over. People stood in every place imaginable. Red solo cups over the floor along with all sorts of other pieces of garbage. Oh god, was that ever going to be fun to clean in the morning.

You would be lying if you said you actually enjoyed things like this. You hated - despised then. The only reason you were there tonight was for Sarah, she went through the trouble of throwing this party to get you out, even though you told her on many different levels how you weren't ready just yet, that didn't stop her. 

Thankfully for you, Sarah ran off before the party even started to meet up with old friends she had from kook academy, shae, kelsey, and kaylee. Most likely they were somewheres down by the doc, where most of the guys hung out, guys that wanted nothing more than sex might I add. You could already tell this was going to be one, long, dreadful night.

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It wasn't long before you found yourself down some dark hallway just off the downstairs foyer, alone yet at peace. The music was muffled down that hallway so you didn't have to listen to any of that god awful rap being played. Pulling out your phone, you slid down one part of the wall, seating yourself as comfortably as you could get on the hardwood floor. Scrolling through instagram’s feed and viewing newly added stories, Sarah's story filled your ears with laughter and scream, your eyes with people jumping off the docs, Shotgunning beers, and acting like fools.

It wasn't long before you found yourself typing the name ‘Rafe Cameron’ into your search bar. Out of curiosity - you told yourself. Tapping on the account, Showed, as usual, No new update to his story, nor any new posts. Just the ones he had posted for years but never got around to deleting. Scrolling through his posts made you smile. Noticing the photos he didn't delete of the two of you did the complete opposite.

You heard a faint humming fill the hall, Footsteps approaching you. You looked down the hall, seeing what looked to be a teenage boy, around your age, stooped next to you. You watched as he looked down at you with the faintest amount of light that made whoever it was visible.

“Hey.. Y/n right?” the boy asked, you nodded, “Yes, and you are?” He took his hands out of his pockets, quickly putting his hand out for you to grab, “Jack- Jackson, but you can call me jack.” He stuttered, “Oh-k.” You took his hand willingly, standing up next to him. He had quite a tall figure, towering over you. 

“How about I take you to get a drink? How does that sound?” Jack asked you, you had no clue who this boy was, or why you were about to take up on his offer. But he seemed nice. It didn't even occur to you how he knew your name, But getting to know someone wasn't hurting anyone, especially yourself. You needed to get out there more.

The two of your guys' hands locked together as he took you down the hallway, back into the foyer. “Is it a bad time to tell you I don't drink,” you laughed, earning one from him as well. “Oh, trust me, that won't be a problem.”His hand stayed in yours, now leading you up the stairwell just off the foyer. This wasn't the way to the kitchen, that's for sure.

You let out a nervous laugh, continuing to go with this boy to the second floor, reaching a bedroom that was all to well known to you. Rafe’s bedroom. “I don't think this is where-” you put your hands to your side, before jack went beside you and pushed you into Rafes room, closing the door behind you and locking it from the outside. Jack stood outside the door, as Rafe ordered him too earlier, just in case you found a way to leave. “What the fuck Jack!” You turned, hands banging onto the door, trying to open it. The knob wouldn't budge.

“You wont get it open. It's locked. And Jack, for sure, isnt letting you out.” You heard another voice from inside the room. Becoming almost nauseous when you recognized the voice, almost immediately. It was rafe. This was a trap, Jack never wanted drinks with you. He set you up.

You turned around to see rafe sitting on the edge of his bed, his feet placed on the floor as he stared down at the floor, his hands resting in on and other in his lap, he looked almost ashamed. He should've been for his actions. 

“Your fucking sick.” you scold, pointing at him with a tear slipping down your face, They boy couldn't even look you in the eyes, let alone even look at you. He swallowed hard, his face wiping his face. “Look, i know what it looks like im doing but-” He pleaded.

“No! I know exactly what your doing.” You began to cry out,” You pay your friend with god knows what to lure me in here, and for what reason- To get me to suck your dick? To hook up, manipulate me, lie to me again? Is that it? I'll have you know there's hundred of other girls here who'd do just that-” Tears ran down your face, Rafe looked up at you, finally, a look of disbelief plastered on his face. 

Truth is, Rafe didn't want just any girl. He wanted you and only you. He loved the way you knew just what you wanted, always, and you never stood for less. The fact that you gave a shit about him.The way you weren't like the rest of them. You were different. You didn't just want sex, you wanted real genuine love. Rafe adored that.

He shook his head, his one hand hitting off of the side of his head, standing up he walked towards you. “No- I dont fucking want that Y/n.” You took a step back as he got closer. The tension in the room was enough to make your stomach drop. 

“Then what do you want!?”  you cried, looking up at him through your glasses, not being able to hide the look of such a beautiful expression of love on your face. “What do you want!”  You yelled, shoving into his chest repeditavely before his arms flew out to grab yours, steadying you from attempting to punch at his chest. This is not what you wanted to or planned to be doing that night.

“I just want to talk.. Can we do that?” He cooed, bending down to your height to look you in the eyes, holding your shoulders. As much as it pained you to even be near him, you nodded, catching yourself off guard when the two of you took a seat on the edge of his bed together. God, did that bedroom bring back memories. Memories you fought so hard to forget. 

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“You don't need to say anything. As much as I hope you do, you don't. I just want you to listen to what I have to say, because if it was up to me, things would have ended differently.” You nodded, scooting yourself back the whole length of his bed to rest against his pillows on the headboard. When he took a glance back at you he couldn't help himself when the smile on his face appeared. You did just what you would do when the two of you were together. And that gave rafe hope.

“I-i miss you. I miss you alot Y/n.” He began, sniffing, you could tell the poor boy wasnt lying when he said he missed you. “I still think about you… every day- i-im um.. Sure you heard how i've been d-” you took a deep breath, remembering what you thought were rumors, but turned out they were true about Rafes relapse. 

“I miss you too Rafe.” you moved back next to him. Looking in his eyes. You hated knowing what you put him through. Even though it was in no way your fault. “And yes, I heard what happened.” You closed your eyes, nodding your head while putting your hand in his. “But that never made me think any less of you, you know that..” You whispered. Leaning your head onto his shoulder as his eyes then shut, tears sleeping out of them.

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5.21.23

@ starkeyletters 2023

[imthepunchlord]

So would your ideal verison of an activated peacock miraculous be it having the shape and look of the season one verison and the color scheme of the season 2+ or would you change Duusu's color scheme to match the season one verison of the peacock miraculous (I always liked your Belle Bleu design for A Declaration of Love)?

Ooh, that's where I'm torn.

I do like Duusu's design, deep blue with lighter pink is nice. It really makes the pink pop.

And if you REALLY like Peafowl Marinette, that color coding is there and it's clever in that coding as those two primary colors are swapped between them (like Marinette having a lot of pink and little blue).

But of the two "activated" designs we have, I prefer what's seen in Volpina.

I like the shape of the "feathers", the placement of the gems, the little peacock body, and the coloration. It best reflects actual peacocks and their spread fantail.

I do get them going with full blue as that big green/turquoise fan is very close to the green turtle.

Now, they could've swapped who's blue and green, while most known to be blue, there is far more green in peacocks than blue, and there are green peacocks.

And a more blue turtle could've worked off Nino better visually. That's probably what they should gave done, but I guess they liked green turtle most.

Either way, I did try a Duusu that better matched that initial design, but didn't like it as much.

For my Miraculous changes, as Duusu is staying blue, I'd keep s1 Miraculous design but have it match her colors. Kinda like so:

[witchlingcirce]

Your thoughts on Thule!Jimon?

I am a believer that Thule!Jimon is nothing but aganst!

In all honesty, I genuinely could see these verisons of each other throughly disliking / hating each other !!

I’m someone who’s genuinely rooting for Thule!Simon to be the one who kills Janus. Maybe that’s just me, maybe become I’m Simon’s biggest number 1.

But I think either way Simon probably holds immense resentment towards Jace. Clary died because she wanted to try and save from Sebastian. Not saying that is Jace’s fault but Simon has right to feel the way he does. Not to mention how many people Janus had to kill. I could again, see Simon having some kind of hatred for Janus.

HOWEVER, them fighting is extremely a need no matter. Like I need them to parallel the moment on the boat “I could’ve killed you” “I would’ve let you”

[drwafton]

Yeah about your dreams, I know why you keep having them...

DO YOU WANT THE LONG VERSION OR THE LONG VERSION WITH PICTURES??? EITHER WAY YOU'RE GETTING THE LONG VERISON.

-☎ Phone-Anon (the same one from the missing limbs dream ask)

Oh an explanation for the weird dreams...

I'd like the long version I suppose...?

[leekyrainbow]

i was just thinking about new kid and i wanna talk abt them cause i don't think anyone has yet

spoilers for the stick of truth, the fractured but whole and snowday‼️‼️

they always found a way to become op in all three games (sot, fbw, sd). yeah the new kid is only in games and in games you become op but thats not the point. the other kids are *aware* that the new kid is op, thats why there was rules in place IN snowday to stop them from being op (but then dark matter got involed blah blah blah). The new kid STILL became op, a reason why they get used by other kids. Now the new kid can leave at anytime, nothing really stops them yet they havent left. We dont really know what happens during school or off days so everything there is up to theory.

new kid just kinda goes along with everything, they dont argue or disagree. The only time they did say something was at the end of tsot. the ONLY line we got from them. They choose to talk, they arent canoniclly mute but they are quiet 100% of the time. I dont think anyone other than stan, kyle cartman and kenny know that the new kid can speak since it was only shown they spoke once. either that or they're just quiet from trauma, if you seen their backstory from playing the games you would know what i mean.

(on the topic of the first paragraph) I think they know that they're getting used aswell, not counting the fact that they were literally told that. they have no other people to hang out with from what we've seen, they have taken selfies with countless people around town and have over a hundred friends on facebook. We arent counting that. Im talking about the people he hangs out with; stans gang(w/butters), craig and those guys(w/tweek) and maybe timmy occasionally (not sure abt timmy cause they've only really interact in tfbw).

New kid could probably make friends with kids in their school, I'd say its difficult since they dont talk. Im not an expert on making friends (really, im not) but i would say its difficult to make friends by just staring at someone because the person might get the wrong idea. Like, they're quiet to the point no one knows their name. They get referred to as 'new kid' instead of their name. Thats peak quiet behaviour.

honestly i would say that new kid did speak before they moved to south park cause of how their parents spoke to them at the start of tsot (they full on expected a response from them, but didnt get one) then eventually just accepted that their kid wasnt going to talk in tfbw. oh and it was definitely difficult to pick what parent to kill in the lab.

i think new kid is in desperate need of therapy, no explanation needed.

I love the new kid (platonic), they're one of my favourite characters in south park even though they only appear in tbe games. most people probably forget about them after they finish the games, id say that happens with the characters in the games aswell.

new kid is constantly forgotten about, as much as they hang out with the main 4, they're always forgotten after the games arr finished. the only character(excluding their parents) that ever showed any kind of care to new kid was Mysterion(techically kenny). This isnt word for word, Mysterion said along the lines of 'i have this strange urge to protect you'. Id say that when kenny isnt with stan, kyle, cartman or butters they're just chilling with new kid. that's kinda just a hc of mine though.

i dont have much else to say, if i do ill probably end up reposting another verison of this

[buckys-dollface]

The Note [B. B]

Summary: You have been keeping the whereabouts of Bucky Barnes underwraps, otherwise know as The Winter Solider. This typically wouldn't be an issue if Steve and Hydra weren't hunting his every move.

Warnings: 18+: swearing, protective steve, beefy!Civil War Bucky, deception, angst, coercion, fem!oral, unprotected sex

“Why did you lie to me?”

You felt your body slam against the wall. A beat of silence passes as panic swells. You could feel the waves of tension rolling off your back. Your mind began to race, attempting to recollect your thoughts but it's no use. You feel overwhelmed almost instantly. One, with Steve's constant badgering, and two with the sudden worry that something is wrong. Very wrong.

“I asked you a question, Y/N. You knew where Bucky was, and you let him go?” You could hear the sudden change in Steve's voice. The assertiveness he would use with new recruits, his "Captain" voice; the one to intimidate and yank out the truth— he was using it one you. You never figured you would be on the other side of darkness that leered over Captain America and all that surrounded him. But here you are, and you weren't prepared at all.

You didn't have a good answer. Well, you did but it wasn't suitable for Steve. Especially when Bucky was missing yet again.

"I don't know." You mumbled.

"You don't know? That's bullshit Y/N, and you know it!" You took a shaky breath, knowing no matter what this wasn't going to be easy for either one of you.

"Steve-"

"No! No- and when we're you planning on telling me any of this?"

Never. You wanted to say never. The privacy and intimacy on this past weekend was something you wanted to keep locked away in your soul forever, but forever seemed to float away in a minute. Your eyelids fluttered shut.

You wished you slammed the door when you saw Steve. You knew what he was here for and instead, because you're a decent person, you allowed him in. Now everything is ruined.

“I was, but-“ Your voice was barely a whisper, you couldn’t understand how you allowed yourself to cave under the pressure known as Steve Rogers but you did. You were truly frightened by how mad he had gone.

“But what?” Deep breath.

“But he insisted I didn’t say I word.” The sneer that was forming on his face fell almost instantly. His eyes soften and his mouth fell agape. Steve knew who he was. It wasn’t hard to gather, you didn’t have to be Captain America to figure it out.

Steve took a few steps back from you, finally allowing you your space. He was heartbroken, why did Bucky skip town after saving Steve’s life? He had so many questions for Bucky, and at the very least wanted a hug. It has been 70 years.

“I know you’re angry.”

“I think we’re way past that.” He corrected sternly. He shouldered past you as he found a spot on your couch. His eyes found yours and there was nothing but coldness in his blue irises.

“Tell me what happened.” He ordered. You eyes began to widen.

“I don't think you want to hear all the gory details-”

“Now, Agent. I don't have all day. If I'm not looking for Bucky, Hydra sure is.” Fuck, he had a point and that tantalizing detail struck you down.

“You love him?”

"I barely know him."

"Then why are you keeping the whereabouts of a stranger a secret?"

You didn't love him and you barely know him. But that didn't mean you didn't yearned for him.

Full verison comes out on Friday

tagged for preview and feedback: @teambarnes72, @writing-for-marvel

[stormblessed95]

What is Queerbaiting?

I had a good conversation about this with @ejassy the other day and figured I'd just make a post about it in case anyone else wanted to either share their own thoughts too or were just confused over what people mean when they say queerbaiting. Which CAN get confusing, especially when it gets used incorrectly ALOT.

So in short simple terms, for queerbaiting and its similar phrases?

Queer subtext: I normally think of this in 2 ways. The first being unintentionally gay. This was clearly not the intention of the writer ever, but the gay ships were just accidentally too full of chemistry and the ship shipped itself by accident even though the characters aren't "canon" gay (think batman and joker. Or Lord of the rings or Elsa from Frozen. Or like a good portion of misogynistic anime writers who can't write a female character that isn't flat AF lol)

The second being where it can also be defined as INTENTIONALLY gay. Where instead of it being something that just happened, it was written like this pn purpose and with full intention of being queer and is in its own way, good queer representation, even if the queer relationship isn't ever technically confirmed, or only confirmed "off screen" by the writers. This is subtext and its sometimes left only as subtext because the romance is only a subplot or because of censorship. (Think Legend of Korra or Think Merthur from Merlin bbc.)

Queercoding: acting queer or leaning into queer themes/subtext but not explicity queer for any number of reasons, including censorship for fictional universes or just being closeted. Basically there is enough subtext available for the audience to read them as queer regardless of if their sexuality is never confirmed either way. (Again, think Elsa. Or Jo March from Little Women, or think Nick Carraway from the Great Gatsby. Think of Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji from The Untamed, the show not the web novel verison lol. Think Xena: Warrior Princess)

Queerbaiting: obviously leaning into and promoting queer subtext and queer themes to keep gay fans on the hook and invested in your media with zero intentions of follow through. Almost at times even turning it into like a joke or just making it very obvious that the character was never actually queer. This was a term coined by queer theorist academics in the 1990s and didn't actually exist before then. This is not a term that can apply to real people. Real people can't queerbait. With very few exceptions to that "rule." Which I will discuss some of those possible exceptions in a bit. (Think Destial from supernatural, or Johnlock from Sherlock, or think Supercorp, Lena and Kara, from Supergirl. Or think Sam and Bucky from MCU, Bechloe from Pitch Perfect or Sterek from Teen Wolf. If anyone doesnt know why these would fall under a more queerbaiting label and dont already know, please feel free to ask for sure)

There are some good sources out there that go into much more detail about what queerbaiting is, how it's been misused and more too as well if you have the time to watch them. This video was recommended from @guacamoli-avocadorado here. It is a great intro to the term and how it is used/should be used broken down in an easy to understand way. And it gives a bunch more examples like I shared above, etc.

And this one is longer but a really good and interesting dialogue about the topic. They take the definition of queerbaiting and expands upon it greatly as well as gives a very through dive down the history of queerness and queer subtext through film and media. This one was recommended by @chikooritajjk

Now, real people cannot queer bait. It's impossible UNLESS they have CONFIRMED their sexuality as "straight" and will sometimes "play gay," for an audience. And not just a straight actor playing a gay one, but doing something that is intentionally queer but backtracking and being like "well I mean, I'm straight so I didn't mean it." And doing so repeatedly and/or even making light of it or joking about it. Or even just being plain homophobic about it. Unless you are talking about the actions they take to promote their "brand" in an effort to profit off queer fans on purpose, while continuing to make it clear its not "that serious," then you could make an argument that that person is queerbaiting. Which, for clarification, two people of the same sex simply interacting together, even with lots of general affection, cannot be classified as queerbaiting ever. Especially because a person doesn't have to be "out" to act on their queerness. Our queerness is our own. No one gets to demand someone to give answers about their sexuality to confirm queerness or not before the public "decides" to keep trying to bully an answer out of them or not. You don't get to take self expression and someone else's comfort away from them for your own comfort in labels that don't belong to you anyway. The thing is, no one owes anyone any explanations about how they present themselves or what their sexuality is. You can't forcibly out people. "I think you are gay, therefore I'm owed an explanation and if you don't give me one, it means you are just queerbaiting" is WRONG. It's an umbrella media term, not a bullying tactic. This applys to everyone, random people off the street, actors, musicians, authors who write/engage in queer literature, public speakers, influencers, etc...

There are some of kpop idol groups (or other celebrities in general) that could be classified as queerbaiting. Because they use queerness to build and promote their "brand" while otherwise never doing anything about it (even as an ally) and/or even being lowkey homophobic about it all or just continuing to make sure the audience knows they "arent actually gay." Or they use queerness in a way that fetishizies it, again without actually meaning it in any way. That's a whole seperate issue, and it could in ways be considered queerbaiting. Or it could more likely dig further into the issue of inauthenic queer fetishization used as a shock value for an audience to be used as sexual fantasies for their STRAIGHT audience, rather than to draw in a queer audience who are more looking for the possible authenticity of queerness or allyship in the celebrities/idols they are building these parasocial relationships with. Because again, unless you know what this person's sexuality is, how are you sure they aren't just exploring/or expressing their own queerness and aren't labeling it or are closeted for whatever their reasons may be, including just not being ready to come out yet.

It is a fine line to walk, and there will probably be times in the "real life" instances above where you will have to use your own critical thinking skills to decide how you feel about things, etc. But for the most part, real people can't really queerbait. But hopefully this helps anyone who was/is confused. There are also a lot more resources out there if you wanted to continue looking into it. This is just what I know about it all myself too, if anyone has anything to add, they are free to do so. 💜